Edition |
2nd ed. |
Description |
xiii, 190 p. : map ; 21 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-179) and index. |
Contents |
The Silk Road and its travelers -- Religion and trade in ancient Eurasia -- Buddhism and the Silk Road -- A refuge of heretics : Nestorians and Manicheans on the Silk Road -- The Islamization of the Silk Road -- Ecumenical mischief -- A melting |
Summary |
"Traces the spread of religions and cultures along the trans-Eurasian trade routes over a period of more than two millennia. Indian, Iranian, Semitic, and Mediterranean ideas all followed the same trajectory through Central Asia to China and bey |
Subject |
Asia, Central -- Religion.
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Silk Road -- History.
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ISBN |
0230621252 (pbk.) |
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9780230621251 (pbk.) |
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